Biography (biografia): Oscar Wilde

One of the most famous ever writers in the English language was Oscar Wilde. He was born in
Dublin, Ireland in 1854 and he wrote plays, short stories and novels. He studied at Trinity
College Dublin and later Oxford University in England. During the second half of the nineteenth
century he was one of the first ever celebrities and he lived a glamorous lifestyle in Victorian
London. He lived a very excessive lifestyle and by the end of the 1800s he was in jail and had
no money. One of the most famous men of his generation died with few friends in a small
room in Paris.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

William Shakespeare is not only England´s most famous poet and playwright,
but perhaps also the greatest writer the world has ever known. Even today,
his works are read more widely than those of any other writer.
He was born on 23rd. April 1564 in Straftford-Upon-Avon, where he grew up
and went to school. At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, who was
then 26. At some time around 1588 he went to London, joined a theatre
company as an actor and began writing plays.
His plays were soon very popular and he became quite a rich man. He
bought New Place, one of the largest houses in Stratford, and in 1599 the
Globe theatre in London was built.
In 1603, Queen Elizabeth I died and her cousin became King James I. He
enjoyed watching Shakespeare´s plays, and chose Shakespeare´s Company
of actors to be his official entertainers. It was around this time that many of
Shakespeare´s greatest plays were written.
In his later years, from about 1608, Shakespeare wrote only four plays, and
seems to have spent more time in Stratford. It was there that he died, on 23 rd.
April, 1616- his 52nd. Birthday.